Fort Pulaski, "Immortal 600", Ga. Buff inner prisoner-of-war cover to Liberty Hill S.C., endorsed "W. E. Johnson, Prisoner of War, Ft. Pulaski Ga." and "By Flag of Truce", "Charleston S.C. Jan. 7 1865" circular datestamp and large "10" C.S.A. due handstamp, unsealed for censoring, routed via Port Royal and Charleston, Very Fine cover from the Johnson correspondence, covers are known from this prisoner originating on the U.S.S. Crescent City and on Morris Island prior to this Fort Pulaski origination, in late October 1864, the "Immortal 600" prisoners from Morris Island, who had been exposed to mortar fire from their own Confederate batteries in Charleston, were moved to Fort Pulaski at the mouth of the Savannah River, conditions were not much better there as they were forced to subsist on a near starvation diet, ex Kohn, with 2000 C.S.A. certificate

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